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Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysian Rubber Board, PO Box 10150, 50908 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Brickendonbury, Hertford, SO 13 8NL U K
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M. Asrul et al: Visualisation of the Network Structure in Some Environmentally Degraded NR Gloves
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RESULTS
Network-visualisation
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shorter fragment of rubber chains were assimilated into surrounding soils, accounting for the
mass losses, and leaving behind intact and highly
crosshnked materials However, the presence of
microstructures of the latex particles that
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CONCLUSION
ACKNO\V LEDGEMENTS
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Culture
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Microbiolog\, 56, 269-274
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Ozone with Natural Rubber: A Study by
Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy
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